Saint Mary s Catholic Church 250 Kraft Street, Berea, Ohio 44017-1499 Rectory: 440-243-3877 FAX: 440-891-9417 Website: www.stmaryberea.org Parish Mission Statement St. Mary's is a faith community which worships together, follows the teachings of Jesus Christ in our everyday lives, evangelizes others by our lives and actions, gives generously of our time and resources in service to others, shows compassion and love towards one another, provides religious education and works for social justice for all. St. Mary s Parish Staff Reverend John P. Singler, Pastor Reverend Max Cole, Parochial Vicar Ms. Angela Kovacs, Music Director Mr. Larry Roetzer, Religious Education Coordinator Mrs. Diana Lipfird, Homebound Coordinator Mrs. Barbara Goebl, Spiritual Ministries St. Mary s Mass Schedule Weekday: 9:00am Monday through Friday Weekend: 4:00pm Saturday Vigil 7:30am, 9:30am, & 11:30am Holy Day Consult Bulletin Parish Office Staff Mrs. Janel Abraham Mrs. Lorri Masie St. Mary s School Staff Mr. Andrew Carner, Principal Mrs. Nancy Kaesgen, Director of Development Mrs. Sandi Ziegler, Program Coordinator School Office Staff Mrs. Mary Beth Hennessy Mrs. Rhonda Johnson St. Mary s Religious Education Staff Mr. Larry Roetzer, Coordinator Sacramental Ministries Baptisms: On Sundays After 11:30am Mass Reconciliation: Saturdays 3-3:30pm Seasonal Celebrations Marriage: Contact Parish Office Anointing of the Sick: Contact Parish Office Seasonal Celebration Communion Calls: Contact Parish Office Celebrating 164 years of Pastoral Service to the Catholic Community of Berea
Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord April 16, 2017 Alleluia! Alleluia! These words are sung once again for the first time since Lent began 40+ Days ago and our hearts and spirits soar as we sing, Alleluia, Alleluia! Let the holy anthem rise! For the next 50 Days the Church celebrates the empty tomb and that Christ is alive! We begin this Easter Season chanting the words from the Mass Antiphon of Easter; The Lord is truly risen, alleluia! To him be glory and power for all the ages of eternity, alleluia, alleluia! The Church is bathed in light and the environment of lilies and spring flowers beckons us to take in the newness that is here. The Paschal Candle stands tall at the Ambo of the Church and is lit throughout these 50 Days as a reminder of the abiding presence of Christ the Light, who dispels all fear and brightens our way. Lent s p,f,g has led us to recognize that through these good works we are brought into the light and by these good work share the light in word and deed. Continue the p,f,g throughout these days as a means to joining in the glory of God. BTW: p,f,g = pray, fast, give! What is primary this day is our Renewal of our Baptismal Promises. Lent s conversion readings lead us to renew these Promises and Profess our Faith. Sprinkled with the waters of new life we sing, Springs of water bless the Lord! Sing your glory and praise forever! As at every Mass we are welcomed at the Table of the Lord and eat and drink of the Lord s Body and Blood. We sing this refrain today, This is the feast of victory for our God, Alleluia! and rejoice in the victory Christ has won for you and me! Having dined at this Table of the Lord, we are sent to feast with each other and to remember that as we have been fed, so must be in turn feed one another. Jesus gave us the example to serve one another, so we must go and do the same! Easter is our time to live and celebrate the wonder of Christ our Life! I am most grateful to all of you who gather around this Table week after week to be one in body, mind and spirit! Thank you for your commitment to Christ and the witness to faith, hope and charity in the world! Sing as you go home, Jesus Christ is Risen today, Alleluia, and let the world know Christ makes a difference in your lives! Alleluia! TO ALL who have made these celebrations so amazing, THANK YOU! Music and song, proclamation and preparation, serving and leading, welcoming and organizing, setting up and taking down, potting and planting, carrying and hanging, moving and watering, typing and design, collating and sending, you name it, it has been done and was done graciously and generously FOR us! Thank you very much! May these many days be rich with blessing and wonder! MANY, MANY THANKS for your extra GENEROSITY during these Holy Days and on this EASTER SUN- DAY! Your contributions continue to support and strengthen the mission of St. Mary s and to keep us in budget. THANK YOU so very much. May God bless you! Fr. John
Mass Schedule and Intentions Monday April 17 Monday within the Octave of Easter Acts 2:14,22-33/Mt 28:8-15 (261) 9:00 am NO MASS Tuesday April 18 Tuesday within the Octave of Easter Acts 2:36-41/Jn 20:11-18 (262) 9:00 am Farrel Kleem Natalie Woelfle 2:00 pm Nursing Home Mass Aristocrat Wednesday April 19 Wednesday within the Octave of Easter Acts 3:1-10/Lk 24:13-35 (263) 9:00 am Al Kljun Karen Kljun Thursday April 20 Thursday within the Octave of Easter Acts 3:11-26/Lk 24:35-48 (264) 9:00 am George Everiss Tim & Vicky Follen 2:00 pm Nursing Home Mass Northwestern Friday April 21 Friday within the Octave of Easter Acts 4:1-12/Jn 21:1-14 (265) 9:00 am Pearl & Steve Barnosky Debbie Barnosky Saturday April 22 Saturday within the Octave of Easter Acts 4:13-21/Mk 16:9-15 (266) 4:00 pm Bob Stochl Family Sunday April 23 Second Sunday of Easter Acts 2:42-47/1 Pt 1:3-9/Jn 20:19-31 (43) 7:30 am Cynthia DiFrancesco Family 9:30 am Bernice E. Maley David Maley 11:30 am Ralph Stein Family He Has Risen - Alleluia! Mother Teresa May the joy of the risen Jesus Christ be with you. To bring joy into our very soul the good God has given Himself to us. In Bethlehem, joy said the angel. In His life, He wanted to share His joy with His apostles, that My joy may be in you. Joy was the password of the first Christians. Saint Paul how often he repeated himself: Rejoice in the Lord always; and again I say, rejoice (Phil 4:4). In return for the great grace of baptism the priest tells the newly baptized: May you serve the Church joyfully. Joy is not simply a matter of temperament in the service of God and souls. It is always hard all the more reason why we should try to acquire it and make it grow in our hearts. Excerpted from: Love: A Fruit Always in Season Daily Meditations by Mother Teresa (Ignatius Press 1987) Please remember in prayer all who are ill or homebound, especially the following: Bulletin Prayer List Maggie Armstrong Donna Baker Mary Anne Bialosky Frank Blatnick Larry Buchwalter Owen Dumm Brian Follen Joan Foust Timothy Glynn Gerry Grant Wayne Goforth Homebound Ministry Our Homebound Parishioners are very important to us and we want to make sure their spiritual needs are being met. If you or a friend or family member are homebound and unable to attend Mass, we would like to bring the Eucharist to you in your home. Please call Diana Lipfird, the Homebound Parishioner Coordinator, at 532-9491 or e-mail her at dlipfird@gmail.com. We will set up a time and day for the Extraordinary Minister to visit that best fits your schedule. If you are an Extraordinary Minister and would like to be part of our team of taking Communion to the homebound, please call Diana at 440-532-9491. In Your Charity Weekend Collection Collection for 4/2/17: $14,621.50 Thank you for your generosity to the Parish. Katie Halley Dennis Jamiot John Kern Les Lindenmeier Rob Lucas Karen M. Joseph McLaughlin Leo Oblak Mary Elizabeth Ryba Kathy Staub Jeanine Surma Chester Talarczyk In your charity, please remember the repose of the souls of John Walczak and Michael Marciniak May they rest in eternal peace. Anniversary Wishes If you will be having a wedding anniversary in the month of April and would like your names listed in the bulletin, please call the parish office (440) 243-3877 or email jabraham1@stmaryberea.org Dale & Sandy Eckert April 17th - 46 years James & Barbara April 27th - 60 years Joe & Rita Hirsch April 30th - 57 years
Sunday, April 16 - Easter Sunday Monday, April 17 NO 9:00AM MASS NO ROSARY - AM & PM Tuesday, April 18 9:30am - Chapel Rosary 11:00am - Chapel Bible Study 12:30pm - Chapel Quiet Prayer 2:00pm - Aristocrat Berea - Communion Service 7:00pm - Chapel Bible Study 8:00pm - FJG Mtg Rm TMIY Program Wednesday, April 19 9:30am - Chapel 7:00pm - Chapel Thursday, April 20 9:30am - Chapel 1:00pm - FJG Mtg Rm 1:30pm - Friday, April 21 Saturday, April 22 Parish Events Rosary Liturgy of the Hours Rosary Tri-City Seniors Pinochle Club Northwestern Communion Service No Confessions Divine Mercy Sunday Divine Mercy Sunday, April 23rd, the first Sunday after Easter. This world-wide devotion focuses on the love and mercy Jesus has for all of us and was established as a Feast of Mercy by St. John Paul II. Join us at: Holy Family Church 7367 York Road - Parma, Ohio 2:30pm - April 23, 2017 Divine Mercy Devotions will include the rosary, the recitation of the Chaplet of Divine Mercy and Benediction. This is a day of grace for all people who participate and trust in the mercy of Jesus. Easter - Bible Study Group On Tuesday, April 25th, the morning Bible Study group will host a presentation by Anne Wilson who has walked the Way of St. James. Most of us will never have the opportunity to do so ourselves and this is an opportunity to have an experience of the walk. We will meet at 10:30am in the meeting room of the Fr. John Garrity Center. Come and join us and share in this Easter pilgrimage. Spring 2017 Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion Formation Sessions Here s an Invitation to those interested in becoming an Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion. The Office for Worship is accepting nominations for the Spring 2017 formation sessions. We could use new members to this ministry, so if interested please contact Janel Abraham at the Rectory Office (440) 243-3877. Various dates and times for sessions start at the end of April through mid -May. We are also in need of Adult Funeral Servers, if you are interested please contact the Rectory Office. Family Perspective Easter is a time for families to gather for a special meal and to worship together at Church. Home rituals can also make this feast the most important faith event of the year. Make an effort this year to bring Easter into your home. Try special decorations, a home Easter candle, a special meal and prayer together, sing Alleluia or Jesus Christ is Risen Today each day of Easter week to proclaim the Risen Lord! Visit www.thedivinemercy.org to learn more about Divine Mercy. JESUS I TRUST IN YOU!
Ministry Schedules 2nd Sunday of Easter - Weekend of April 23rd Mass Lector Cantor Extraordinary Ministers Servers 4pm D Vlk M Juba (H) M Feigi, M J LaLonde, R Wesolek A Smith K Dorsey (C) S Lewis, M McGinty D Goss S Butcher, G Butcher C Jamison 7:30am D Lipfird K Zanotti (H) J & A Mastandrea, F Sliwa A Helmer R Davenport (C) N Picard, D Sawyer, J P Mastandrea J Haas, P Flandera J Mastandrea 9:30am J Pae S Ward (H) G Grant, L Richter, R Heitz C Kilbane C Rose (C) J Abraham, J Abraham, C Kilbane K Laneve, R Laneve A Jones 11:30am M Carroll S Hritz (H) D Hickey, P Hickey, R Koehl Z Hritz M Dole (C) T Morgan, C DiSanto, L Hritz K Kljun, M E Nichols H Sisley ALLELUIA! HE IS RISEN! Music Ministry and Liturgy Notes By Angela Kovacs Director of Music and Liturgy Happy Easter! Christ is risen from the tomb and our Savior is here for us! Now is the time to shout with joy: Alleluia! I want to thank everyone in our Music Ministry for all of the hard work put into making this Holy Week and Easter Day such a success, from the choirs to instrumentalists to cantors, THANK YOU!!! There will be no rehearsals this week for all choirs. See you next Sunday! Choir Rehearsal Schedules: Traditional Choir and Contemporary ensemble meets to rehearse on Tuesday evenings at 7.30pm. Youth Choir also rehearses on Tuesdays at 6.pm. If you are interested in participating in any of these choirs, cantoring, or playing an instrument during mass, please call or see me after mass up in the loft. Call the music ministry office for more information: 440.243.3877 ext 27. Thirteenth Station: Jesus is Taken Down From the Cross Stations of the Cross Fourteenth Station: Jesus is Laid in the Tomb Death affects us all, and it questions us in a profound way, especially when it touches us closely, or when it takes the defenseless in such a way that it seems scandalous. If it is understood as the end of everything, death frightens us, terrifies us, becomes a threat that shatters every dream, every promise. It severs every relationship and interrupts every journey. If my life has been a journey with the Lord, a journey of trust in his immense mercy, I will be prepared to accept the final moment of my earthly life as the definitive, confident abandonment into his welcoming hands. How am I like Joseph, the hidden disciple, who lovingly carries the body of Jesus to give it a proper burial? Often it seems that God does not exist. All around us we see persistent injustice, evil, indifference and cruelty. But it is also true that in the midst of darkness something new always springs to life and sooner or later produces fruit. However dark things are, goodness always reemerges and spreads. Each day in our world beauty is born anew, rising transformed through the storms of history. Values always tend to reappear under new guises, and human beings have arisen time after time from situations that seemed doomed. Where all seems to be dead, signs of the resurrection suddenly spring up. It is an irresistible force. How am I like the two grieving Mary's who remained at the tomb, weeping and praying? Excerpted from: Stations of the Cross in the Words of Pope Francis (2015 All Saints Press)
Religious Education News To find all the upcoming activities for both PSR and Sacramental Preparation join us at our new parish website (www.stmaryberea.org). Select Teaching from the top category bar, then select Religious Education Office. Make us a favorite! PSR Calendar of Events 4/16/2017 NO LITTLES in session (Easter Sunday) 4/17/2017 NO PSR in Session (Easter Holiday) 4/23/2017 9:30am Fr. Garrity Center LITTLES in Session 4/24/2017 6:45pm St. Mary School PSR in Session 4/29/2017 9:00am St. Mary Church 1 st Communion Practice - 10:00am Fr. Garrity Center 1 st Communion Retreat 4/30/2017 9:30am Fr. Garrity Center LITTLES in Session (Last Class) 5/01/2017 6:45pm St. Mary School PSR in Session 5/07/2017 11:30am St. Mary Church First Communion Ceremony 5/08/2017 6:45pm St. Mary Church PSR Family Mass 5/09/2017 6:45pm St. Mary School PSR in session (Last Class) Fill our Hearts This Lenten season our PSR students will be sacrificing money earned from jobs performed to Our Lady of Nazareth School in Nyrobi-Kenya to support their newly established school for children with special needs. If you d like to contribute, please notify the REO or call the Rectory for more details. This is the last week of our Lenten Project. We re hoping for one last BIG push! Please consider helping out those in need! Easter Break There will be NO PSR on Monday, 4/17, due to the Easter holiday. St. Mary Catholic School News Corner Educating the Mind, Nurturing the Soul Mr. Andrew Carner, Principal May you feel the joy of the presence of Jesus. The Lord has risen to bless us. This Easter I pray that the Love of God is Resurrected, Reborn, and Renewed in Your Heart. Wishing all of you a very happy and blessed Easter Day! Mr. Andy Carner, Principal Important Dates to Remember: April 14-23 Spring Break / No School April 18-21 SMS Extended Care Open April 24 Classes Resume Sacramental Preparation For the most current information about the Parish Sacramental Preparation Program, including schedules, please visit our Parish website at http://www.stmaryberea.org/sacramental-prep Confirmation Candidates 04/29/2017 Saturday 9:00am Service (Fr. Garrity Center) First Communion Candidate Retreat First Sacraments Candidates 4/29/2017 Saturday 9:00am St. Mary Church/Fr. Garrity Center First Communion Candidate Practice & Retreat. All First Communion Candidates & their parents will meet in the Fr. Garrity Center at 9:00 for a meal with prayer and reflection. After the candidates will go to the church for Holy Communion ceremony practice. Vacation Bible School (VBS) Total Catholic Vacation Bible School is coming to: St. Adalbert June 12th - 16th 9:00am Noon Ages: 4yrs - entering 5th Grade Are you looking for a fun way to teach your children about the Catholic Faith? Look no further! St. Adalbert s VBS program, Wilderness Adventure, will teach your child about the sacraments in a fun way that they will remember. Music, Bible stories, games and snacks are all a part of this fun week. In addition they will learn about the life of a saint and how to practice virtues. Registration forms available online or at the parish beginning April 17th at : www.saintadalbertparish.org Academic Achievements St. Edward High School Honor Roll: Ryan E. Evensen-Hein Vincenzo S. Fabrizi Peter J Haas, Jr. Nicholas E. Hoessle Carter A. Jacobs Chase W. Justice Andrew J. Popil Brandon R. Sherrard Asher J. Soltis Jacob M. Vlcek Joseph J. Zacharyasz Padua Franciscan High School Honor Roll: Sam Carner Allison Carner Nicholas Goss Annabella King Matthew Laneve Nicholas Latone Sarah Rapacz Rosalina Roman Emily Southworth As we receive additional achievement notifications, we will publish them in a future bulletin.
Cluster Information ST. MARY OF THE FALLS PARISH 25615 Bagley Road Olmsted Falls, OH 44138 Fr Walter J. Hyclak, Pastor Fr Gregory F. Schaut, Parochial Vicar Office: 440-235-2222 FAX: 440-235-2937 Website: www.stmaryof the falls.org Mass Schedules Saturday: 8:00 am & 5:00 pm Sunday: 8:00 am, 10:00 am, 12 noon; 6:00 pm Mon, Wed, Fri: 7:00 am Tues & Thurs: 9:00 am Confessions 3:30-4:30 pm Saturday Baptisms 1:30 pm 1st Sunday of Month Other Devotions Contact the Parish Office for other devotions and special events. ST. ADALBERT PARISH 66 Adalbert Street Berea, Ohio 44017 Fr Barry Gearing, Pastor Office: 440-234-6830 FAX: 440-234-2588 Website: www.saintadalbertparish.org Mass Schedules Saturday: 4:30 pm Sunday: 8:30 am, 10:00 am, 11:30 am Mon, Wed, Fri: 8:30 am Tues & Thurs: 6 :30 pm Confessions 3:00-4:00 pm Saturday Baptisms 12:30 pm 1st & 3rd Sunday of Month Other Devotions Contact the Parish Office for other devotions and special events. Phone Directory ST. MARY PARISH Office: 440-243-3877 FAX: 440-891-9417 Website: www.stmaryberea.org Fr John Singler....................... Ext 14 Fr Max Cole......................... Ext 17 EMERGENCY VOICEMAIL LINE......... Ext 23 Miss Angela Kovacs...................... Ext 27 Mrs. Barbara Goebl................... Ext 29 Mrs Janel Abraham................... Ext 11 Mrs Lorri Masie...................... Ext 12 Mr John Scimemi.................... Ext 25 ST MARY SCHOOL Office: 440-243-4555 FAX: 440-243-6214 Website: www.smsberea.org Mr Andrew Carner..................... Ext 19 Mrs Sandi Ziegler..................... Ext 12 Mrs Rhonda Johnson.................... Ext 10 Mrs Mary Beth Hennessy............... Ext 11 Mr Jim Winner........................ Ext 18 School Cafeteria.................. 440-243-7270 Day Care........................ 440-234-7210 RELIGIOUS EDUCATION OFFICE Office: 440-243-8221 FAX: 440-243-8411 Website: www.stmaryberea.org ATHLETIC COMMISSION Website: www.stmaryberea.org CREDIT UNION Vantage Credit Union.................. 216-367-8000 Ohio Catholic Credit Union............. 216-478-0060